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Fact-check: “Trump said tariffs cut the trade deficit with China”
Verdict: Partly True (62% confidence)
The U.S. goods trade deficit with China did fall sharply — from about $419.5 billion in 2018 to $202.1 billion in 2025, the lowest since 2004, per official USTR data. Tariffs on Chinese imports reduced purchases of tariffed goods and likely contributed to that drop. But the picture is more complicated: some of the decline reflects trade diversion (buying from Vietnam, Mexico, and others instead of China, not domestic production), the overall U.S. goods deficit actually rose to around $1.2 trill…
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